Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 July 2015
61. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection where a person is in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance and his or her partner is participating in a community employment scheme, whether that person's partner's income from the community employment is disregarded for rent allowance purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26600/15]
View answerThe supplementary welfare allowance rate for a family comprising two adults and a child is €340.60. Any income over this amount is considered additional earnings and affects the rate of rent supplement allowable. In this case, the client has additional household earnings from their Community Employment programme that reduces their entitlement to rent supplement. Consequently, their contribution towards their rent is €59.50 per week.
